Table 7 VAS Scores over Days 1–3 After the Operation

TAU

56.6

(27.5)

N = 68

49.5

(25.3)

N = 66

49.3

(25.1)

N = 62

46.4

(23.6)

N = 64

37.9

(20.1)

N = 61

39.8

(25.2)

N = 58

36.1

(22.4)

N = 60

32.9

(23.8)

N = 54

32.3

(23.2)

N = 43

PaDSMaP

48.6

(31.8)

N = 60

45.6

(29.5)

N = 58

49.7

(27.7)

N = 57

47.1

(26.3)

N = 59

45.1

(28.5)

N = 57

44.7

(27.0)

N = 53

41.8

(26.5)

N = 58

36.9

(26.6)

N = 55

35.8

(25.2)

N = 29

PaDSMaP SM

50.3

(33.4)

N = 36

46.7

(33.1)

N = 36

53.4

(29.8)

N = 36

53.3

(26.3)

N = 35

47.5

(29.3)

N = 34

45.6

(25.6)

N = 32

44.8

(27.7)

N = 35

42.3

(27.3)

N = 34

38.5

(27.2)

N = 12

PaDSMaP NM

45.5

(29.1)

N = 24

38.7

(21.0)

N = 22

41.2

(21.1)

N = 21

37.2

(23.3)

N = 24

41.6

(26.9)

N = 23

43.3

(29.1)

N = 21

37.1

(23.9)

N = 23

28.1

(22.8)

N = 21

31.2

(20.6)

N = 17

TAU

58.5

(28.1)

N = 51

55.9

(27.9)

N = 52

53.9

(29.8)

N = 44

55.6

(26.4)

N = 58

49.4

(30.3)

N = 51

45.1

(25.7)

N = 41

42.0

(26.3)

N = 51

40.6

(26.9)

N = 43

41.8

(29.3)

N = 33

PaDSMaP

61.2

(27.9)

N = 57

57.4

(23.2)

N = 50

51.7

(20.8)

N = 41

51.7

(23.8)

N = 56

42.7

(23.8)

N = 55

42.2

(23.5)

N = 49

44.2

(24.8)

N = 58

35.4

(25.0)

N = 51

35.8

(25.2)

N = 41

PaDSMaP SM

56.6

(28.5)

N = 36

51.3

(23.1)

N = 32

50.9

(21.3)

N = 26

49.2

(23.2)

N = 39

39.9

(25.1)

N = 37

39.6

(25.1)

N = 33

39.1

(24.5)

N = 38

27.9

(22.4)

N = 34

28.7

(20.5)

N = 26

PaDSMaP NM

69.3

(24.7)

N = 21

68.3

(19.7)

N = 18

53.1

(20.0)

N = 15

57.6

(24.2)

N = 17

48.6

(19.4)

N = 18

47.4

(18.8)

N = 16

53.7

(22.5)

N = 20

50.3

(23.1)

N = 17

50.3

(23.1)

N = 17